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yeah right

I found this video where the pilot does actually pull back onto the stick while leaving the deck.

Yeah, I saw that one too... But it is two different circumstances. landing on the boat vs ashore.

Viacom Pro is not in the base DCS platform...

We already have a "call the ball" key bind I have been using that ever since the supercarrier and Hornet came out. Oddly enough I haven't noticed a "CLARA" key bind

On the controversial topic of DLC... I BARELY, BARELY see the DLC used in this video... I think I only see it deflect up 1 or 2 times. What are you guys doing that you feel the need to use the DLC so excessively? WOW, also look how tight of a turn he can makes with the NWS and how slowly he can inch up... You certainly can't do that in DCS right now!

Maybe the player could indicate to Jester either "BALL" or "CLARA" in either given circumstance, just like the real F-14 pilot would talk to their RIO regarding the same using brevity. Right now it is mimicking the Hornet mostly.

It still doesn't change the fact that the pilot IRL doesn't call paddles, but the RIO does. Listen to any various F-14 pilot interviews, the RIO talks on the radio even at the boat.

Right now in DCS you have to call the ball to paddles.

I would love to not need to have micromanage Jester as the pilot to be combat effective at all. I mean, I'm pilot I'm fly... Not some computer tech button masher knob turner. I think the whole idea of Jester was to have a distinct separation between the two roles because the Tomcat required two people in order to fly. Lately I'm noticing a lot of command Jester this and that feature creep. Jester, isn't exactly organic self thinking AI per say... He has some kind of a decision making scripted process if this do that logic it seems. Yes, it is tied into voice lines which makes him seems more organic and "alive" it certainly helps with making the player pilot believe in the illusion. If you hear the in cockpit combat tapes from the F-14s that shot down the Libyan air force planes (and granted, it is possible you don't hear ICS comms in those recordings) you will notice how little direction or commands the pilot up front is directing to his RIO. If anything the pilot is getting very brief informational calls from the RIO like "there's collision" (letting the pilot know RIO selected collision steering, which Jester does not do) or "centered the T" (pilot letting RIO know he has steered the plane to center the collision steering T) and etc, etc. If anything, we may possibly have way too much talking between our pilot and Jester in a combat environment and certainly the pilot shouldn't have to issue all of these directives to the RIO. I look at it like HB did it that way as a stop-gap measure. But in reality the RIO knows how to do his job and doesn't need extremely specific directives or micromanagement from the pilot like we currently have in DCS. With that said, maybe when DCS fully revamps the comms system... We someday could just talk to the AI RIO in the back with your microphone similar to like a "voice attack" 3rd party software and not need that compass rose type command system at all, like we currently have. Right now, it seems like Jester really truly doesn't know how to do his job in relation to the SA he sees on radar. If I have a bandit gorilla group, why are you not selecting the closest bandit Jester, for a multiple Phoenix launch? Usually the closest in the gorilla formation is the darn fighter escorts/sweep Jester. He doesn't seem to change the target priority at all by using "next target" on armament panel. Quirks and things like that, anyway that was my thoughts on this whole Jester concept. And yes, of course a human RIO in multiplayer is far more desirable as long as you have someone who knows what they're doing too.

Oh yeah the SEC test on the A model (only B has SEC)... I noticed that too, I forgot about that one lol. In the cold start tutorial it says also that Jester should verify his fuel quantity indicator too, I think during the INST test. But he never says anything.

Of course, within reason... I mean I would like to be able to follow the process in the various checklists. I'm glad we can have some common ground and share an understanding.

yeah, that was my line of thinking too, even though they are not on the same ship.

Can we agree we'd like our Tomcat to be as authentic to the real aircraft as possible? Yeah? I think we all have the same goals in mind. Yeah, I only found out about the mouse wheel vs left click by paying attention during the tutorial and also experimenting a bit. I thought that was really interesting!

Sorry, I'm really confused now... Which one is it? Because now you say you can only go into spider detent in 20 degrees position but earlier you say to put in 68 degrees.

Yeah and isn't that exactly what I said?? -In DCS they don't but in the real aircraft you have them inhibited electronically not mechanically on the throttle hat and the AUTO position on the wing sweep hat is detented... So, unless you move it out of that position it will always be there regardless of the emergency wing sweep handle being raised or not. Also, pressing the master reset button reverts control back to the wing sweep hat on the throttle... I really don't think you quite understand what I am trying to say regarding this mechanic in DCS. In the real aircraft that switch in the throttle has a detent when set to AUTO or BOMB modes... My point is that when you press the master reset button that reverts control back to the throttle hat switch, removing the inhibiting of it. This is not the current behavior in DCS, as it seems to completely disregard whatever the pilot last had that switch set to (IE: AUTO) when the emergency wing sweep handle is raised... And once said handle is lowered again the pilot has to re-select that AUTO position... When in actuality that is on a detent on the hat on the throttle and once the master reset button is depressed it resumes what the pilot has selected on the throttle hat when in the positions with detents ( BOMB and AUTO) forward and aft movement is momentary and springs back to center. This is what I understand about reading about this particular system. Unless I am mistaken, which I'm sure could be a possibility. I'm no SME, I'm just very observant and have an unparalleled attention to detail than most people do. There has to be some reason those particular switches have detent position (I understand it would be to prevent inadvertent un-commanded wing movement) the way those solenoids in those detent switches work would be a constant on - off state much like the 2 way switches on a Hotas Warthog throttle for example.

Is the one above on clearly CV-41 an accurate representation?

Tried out the Jester assisted startup and found myself hypoxic at 25k feet and figured out he never told me to flip the oxygen on during our startup checklist. I know he is trying to kill me now, I thought it was just the altitude hold AP doing it but now both of them are trying to kill me. Do you think the AI are becoming self-aware??

This was shown to not be the correct way. Added what I hope will clarify my point.

This is the difference of setting the wings to AUTO while in over sweep and then pressing the master reset. Which again, I reiterate is not possible in DCS because it does not register your setting of the switch position on the throttle any time the emergency wing sweep handle is raised. Whereas on the real aircraft the wing hat positions have detents on AUTO and BOMB and momentary to forward and aft sweep. (to put it simply) The electrical signals from the switch may be inhibited or disabled but the mechanical function still works. Pressing the master reset button makes the switch no longer inhibited electrically. Still doesn't explain why when you left click and drag on the emergency wing sweep handle to move it, it acts like it didn't seat into the spider detent. Vs. when you use the mouse wheel, it seems like it seats and works as it should. Like I said, dunno if potentially a bug or a small oversight on the in DCS mechanic of that system or if intended feature. But I can assure you, I am not doing the procedure wrong.

Is that because of graphical rendering or EMCON in the mission?

I also noticed looking more carefully that the HZ TAIL AUTH light is not illuminating coming out of OVSW. And in DCS the throttle switch can't apparently be put in any position any time the emergency wing sweep handle is in a raised position, which makes times you set AUTO in the checklist do nothing. Where it says the AUTO and MAN modes are "enabled" doesn't mean you can't select it on the throttle switch like some kind of mechanical lockout, it is more like inhibiting it... It means that the wing swing sweep will not command to those positions until out of emergency wing sweep and back in the spider detent and the master reset switch is depressed. Because if that were the case, wouldn't items numbered 49 and 50 be in reverse order? So Master Reset gets pushed first and then the Wing Sweep mode switch set to AUTO? Also, this is while the wing sweep handle is in the OV SW position that the next step is to set WING SWEEP MODE switch on throttle to AUTO. Also says the HZ TAIL AUTH light should illuminate when coming out of OV SW in the HB cold start tutorial too (but it does not in DCS currently)

According to the HB cold start Tutorial I am positioning it correctly (assuming their tutorial is correct?) "Move the emergency wing sweep handle to the fully forward position, 20 degrees, engage the spider detent by pushing the handle down and close the guard." Where do you think I learned to move the lever fully forward and then push it down? I know it wasn't just something I made up by myself lol ** I think I figured it out, apparently there is a difference between moving the emergency wing sweep handle VIA the mouse scroll wheel (as indicated in the tutorial) vs. Left clicking with the mouse and dragging forward (which has been what I have been doing, I never really moved the thing ever with the scroll wheel) That is what I think is going on. I tested some more and yes, that is what is happening... Left click and drag= you seem to not be seated in the detent and using the scroll wheel seems to have it seated when I go to bomb mode after extending to auto (you can tell when I use scroll wheel on mouse because the lever doesn't move in 1 smooth total motion but rather in "interval" from the mouse wheel) Dunno if that is a feature that is intended or what Also here is what the Natops from the B says: So you guys doing it at 68 degrees are doing it not in accordance

Yeah, but our particular annoying problem is being able to discern the left and right fire lights and master caution lights in daylight conditions being illuminated which indicates "Houston, we have a problem!" vs. non-illuminated state. And it is particularly troublesome with the flashing master caution, when you can't see it. I would think knowing "Houston, we have a problem" would be pretty important to know ASAP. I can't even see them illuminated when I do the instrument lights test on start-up. I'm not talking about how they look in a non-illuminated state (like your videos show, since they are not actively experiencing an engine fire at the time) I'm talking about how they look once illuminated. It is extremely difficult to see a difference between the two states. I think my gamma is set to 1.8, which is what I understand Matt Wagner and some other developers from Eagle Dynamics use.

That may explain why I was 4k short on weight but why say to set internal fuel to 6k in the first place and not just 10k? To avoid DCS imposed confusion... I always thought if you put XT tanks in DCS they are always full normally and the fuel slider only changes the internal fuel load in the aircraft. How do you think I'm editing these payloads? All in the mission editor and then reference to mission editor weight values. Let's use the same values and methodology so our tests can be more of a uniform nature.